Live Auction 7307Christie's Interiors
A PAINTED PLASTER RELIEF PANEL OF TRUMPETERS
Lot 300

A PAINTED PLASTER RELIEF PANEL OF TRUMPETERS

THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, AFTER A DETAIL OF THE CANTORIA BY LUCA DELLA ROBBIA

Closed6 November 2012

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GBP 1,000

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A PAINTED PLASTER RELIEF PANEL OF TRUMPETERS
THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, AFTER A DETAIL OF THE CANTORIA BY LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
Depicting three trumpeters with four dancing children
47¾ x 40¼ in. (121.4 x 102.3)

Specialist note

In 1431 Luca della Robbia was commissioned to design a marble Cantoria or "Singing Gallery" over the door of the Sacristy of the Masses, also known as the New Sacristy in Florence cathedral. The present lot is a copy of one of ten panels now housed in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.